Infant s garment



July 2 1954 P. G. SIEZGEL. ET AL INFANT S GARMENT Original Filed Nov.28, 1952 FIG. 2

INVENTORS. Philip G. Sieqel Martin Stein NEY Reissued July 20, 1954INFANTS GARMENT York, and Martin Stein, Bronx, N. Y., assignors toPerfect Knit Togs, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Philip G.Siege], New

York

Original No.

2,652,057, dated September 15, 1953,

Serial No. 323,100, November 28, 1952. Application for reissue May 2Claims.

reissue specification; matter prlnted in italics indicates The presentinvention relates to an infant's garment having means for holding adisposable diaper therein.

The general object of the present invention is to provide an infantsgarment having a shirt portion and. a moisture proof pants portion, andmeans for releasably securing in a quick, safe and easy manner adisposable diaper to said pants portion.

It is well known that infants lack sufficient control to make itnecessary for reasons of health and comfort to change their diapersfrequently during the course of the day. The features of speed, safetyand ease of access are highly important attributes of a garment of thistype in order to alleviate same of the time consuming and unpleasantaspects of caring for an infant or small child. It will be readilyapparent to any parent that a garment embodying the invention herein,will greatly facilitate the burdensome task of keeping the child cleanand dry. Thus, a particular object of the present invention is toprovide an infants garment which affords means for the quick, safe andeasy method of changing disposable diapers.

In garments of the type known as training pants, i. e. cloth diapers,etc., it has been a customary practice to use safety pins in securingsuch diapers to a child's body. Since a child, while being diapered,most usually does not lie still, but may squirm or thrash about, thistype of diapering operation is extremely dangerous in that, one of thetwo people involved may be jabbed with the pins. A further and veryimportant object of the present invention is to provide an infantsgarment which eliminates the use of diapering pins.

Another feature of the present invention is the provision of an infantsgarment having a shirt and pants portion, said garment having means forpartly or entirely separating the pants from the shirt portion. As hasbeen mentioned previously, one of the most important aspects ofdiapering a child, is the speed with which this can be done, not only tominimize the troublesome task for the person doing it, but also toalleviate the uncomfortable feeling of the child. This can beaccomplished by the simple method of partly removing the pants portionfrom the shirt, extracting a fouled diaper and inserting a clean andfresh one therein. The other features of having the garment made in bothseparable shirt and pants portions, are the different combinations ofcolors which can be obtained, and the advantage of not having to launderboth portions at the same time.

1954, Serial No. 427,897

Matter enclosed in heavy brackets 1 appears in the original patent butforms no part of this the additions made by reissue.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide an infantsgarment that is in its entirety easy to put on and take off, thusgreatly simplifying the task of dressing and undressing the child.

Further objects of the present invention are to provide an infantsgarment which is easy and inexpensive to manufacture, comfortable andwell fitting, neat and attractive in appearance, which allows themaximum of bodily freedom, does not interfere with blood circulation, iswaterproofed in the parts where required, will not chafe or irritate thetender skin of the child, and will withstand repeated launderings.

These and still further objects, features and advantages of the presentinvention will be more clearly understood from the followingdescription, and from the drawing, in which one embodiment of theinvention is shown by way of illustration.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the garment with portions partly broken away.In this view the front of the pants portion has been opened and spreadout to show the method by which a diaper is secured and held in place;

Fig. 2 is a rearview of the garment completely closed and in the mannerin which it would be worn by a child;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of one of the diaper securing membersand parts of the pants portion; and

Fig. 4 is a section taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The illustrated embodiment is an infants garment, comprising a shirtportion designated H] and a pants portion 1 i. Shirt portion it isprovided with a neck opening l2 and sleeves It, and consists of twosections, the front section Mia and back section [6b. Both sections itaand Hlb are secured to the sleeves l3 and are secured together alongside seams It. However, the two sections Mia and lflb are notpermanently fastened together along the shoulder seams but are ratherheld in the closed positions by buttons 15. Thus, the whole top of theshirt portion it may be opened from one sleeve seam to the other, andthis combined with the provisions for complete opening of the pantsportion I I, permits the garment to be easily donned or removed.

The pants portion H of the garment is comprised of a front panel [6 anda rear panel l1. Pants portion H consists of a piece of fabric whichwhen laid in a flat position is generally of an hour-glass form. Thisfabric may be any suitable material customarily used for this type ofgarment and consists of an outer surface l8 and an inner surface 59.Said inner surface l9 being made waterproof by applying to it anysuitable material for this purpose, preferably a plastic. In theapproximate center of pants portions H, concave leg openings areprovided to permit said pants portion II to fit about the legs of thewearer.

Mounted about the periphery of pants portion I i and the lowerextremities of shirt portion 10, suitable snap fasteners 2| are providedfor releasably securing pants portion H to shirt portion it], along thewaist line, and side edges of said pants portion H. Of course, any otherconventional type of fastener may be used, such as buttons. Femalemember 22 of the snap fasteners 21 are secured along the edges and topportions of front panel 16, and along the top portions of rear panel ll.Male members 23 of the snap fasteners are secured to the bottom edges ofshirt portion l0 and along the side edges of rear panel H. The fastenersare applied in this manner so that a smooth juncture is formed when thepanels have been secured to the shirt and to each other.

A pair of diaper securing members 24 and 25 which are essentially tabsmade of a flexible material such as plastic, are centrally located alongthe latitudinal edges of front panel l6 and rear panel ll. Diapersecuring members 24 and 25 are attached to reinforcing tapes 25 and 21by stitching i8. Reinforcing tapes 26 and 21 in turn are attached tofront panel I6 and rear panel H by suitable stitching it on thewaterproof surface of pants portion H, see particularly Fig. l.

Substantially in the center of diaper securing members is and 25, adie-cut has been made resembling a crescent having serrated edges 30 and36a. It will be understood that the serrated die cuts need not becrescent-shaped, as any desired general shape which will provide a flapmay be used. Serrated edges so and 30a are provided for securing theretoa diaper 3|. Said diaper 3% may or may not be of the disposable type,but must have highly absorbent and soft qualities. Some suitablematerials being layers of tissue paper, cloth, and cotton gauze.

Secured by stitching 32 to the outside and along the lateral edges ofpanels l6 and I1, are a pair of flaps 33 and 3d which form a pair ofoppositely disposed and cooperating longitudinal pockets and 35a intowhich a dry, clean and fresh diaper is inserted after a previouslyfouled diaper has been removed.

Flaps 33 and 34 are made of a moisture proof flexible plastic materialsuch as Vinylite. This combined with the provision of waterproofing theinner surface it of pants portion H permits the inside of pants portionH to be completely water repellant. A further feature of flaps 33 and 34is to hold and retain diaper 3| in proper alinement within pockets 35and 35a, thus preventing said diaper 3! from shifting about and alwaysgiving the garment that dressed up look." Flaps 33 and 3d each consistsof a single piece of flexible plastic material folded once upon itselfand the free edges stitched to the periphery of pants portion H. Theinner edges of said flaps 33 and it being round will not-cut, chafe orirritate the tender skin of a child.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 3, wherein diaper securing members is and25 are best shown, it can be seen that between the ends 35 and El of thedie-cut an arcuate flap 38 is provided having a pivotal edge 39. Flap 38is provided with serrated edges 30a about its entire periphery whichassist in securing diaper 31.

The method in which diaper securing members 24 and 25 releasably securediaper 3| thereto is as follows. After removing a fouled diaper frompockets 35 and 35a and rotating the arcuate flap 38 to the positionshown in Fig. 3, the approximate center of one of the shorter horizontaledges of a clean fresh diaper 3! is placed in a flat positicn againstthe pivotal edge 39 of flap 38. Flap 38 is then rotated to overlaydiaper 3|. By pressing flap 33 against diaper 3i and towards the innersurface I9 of pants portion II, the serrated edges 30 and 33a will biteinto that edge of diaper 3i and secure it in place. See Fig. i. The sameoperation is then repeated at the opposite diaper securing member thusenabling both horizontal edges of diaper 3! to be secured. To releasediaper 3| from diaper securing members 24 and 25, a person doing thediapering would simply place a finger of either hand underneath diapersecuring members 24 and 25, allow the finger to come in contact with thepressed-in portion of diaper 3i and exert pressure in an upwarddirection against flap 38. This will permit serrated edges 39 and 30a todisengage the diaper 3!, thus completely releasing it.

As shown clearest in Fig. l, the front panel l6 and the rear panel I:can be completely swung away from each other pivoting about the crotchline it of pants portion II. It can thus be seen ready and full accessto the diaper 3i and diaper securing members 24 and 25 is provided.

A further advantage illustrated in the embodiment of Fig. 1 is, that theinfants diaper may be changed without completely unclothing it.

While the present invention, though shown to be adapted for use in agarment having both a shirt and pants portion It] and H respectively,and the particular embodiment described is of that type, it is to benoted that this is not to be considered as a limitation on the scope ofthe in vention. The invention is readily adaptable for use in a garmentwithout the shirt portion 10. The pants portion i I could beprovidedwith suitable means, such as an elastic band to hold it to the waist ofthe wearer, thus eliminating the shirt portion ill secured thereto, andthe snap fasteners it provided for this purpose.

Although the embodiment shown does not include the feature of concealedfastening elements, it is readily apparent that this feature could beincorporated in the pants portion H of the garment. By folding under theedges of front panel !5 and securing the female fastening members 22 tothe folded over portion, no part of the entire fastening elements 2!would be visible from the outside of the garment. The same could be donewith the female fastening members 22 of rear panel ll. This has theadvantage of providing a garment of neater appearance, the fasteningelements 21 being completely concealed.

We claim:

1. An infants garment comprising pants constituted of a fabric havinglongitudinal edges and being folded on a transverse line with portionsof said longitudinal edges releasably attached to each other, means forreleasably securing a diaper to said fabric comprising tabs of flexiblematerial secured to opposite ends of said fabric, each-of said tabshaving a serrated die-cut therethrough to form a flap whereby an edge ofsaid diaper may be clamped into each of said tabs by means of the flapassociated therewith.

2. An infrmts garment comprising pants constituted of a fabric havinglongitudinal edges References Cited in the file of this patent or theoriginal patent.

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